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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Newly coined word #212572 09/22/2013 11:43 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 2 Alibar stranger Alibar stranger Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 2 Several months ago, maybe last year, the word of the day's definition was similar to this: a word used by mistake which makes its own kind of sense. Example: The Government's Dept of repairs. What was the word? Please tell! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Newly coined word Alibar #212575 09/22/2013 2:50 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Might you be thinking of an eggcorn? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn Coined by Mark Liberman in September 2003 http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000018.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Newly coined word Alibar #212577 09/22/2013 3:02 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 2 Alibar stranger Alibar stranger Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 2 Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you so much! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,429 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,244 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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